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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: Danny Alvares <www.freelotto.co.uk@klax.hix.nl>
Reply-To: free_lottodrawhouseo247@walla.com
Date: 2 Oct 2006 19:04:56 +0200
Subject: Award Notification.
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Award Notification.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of your selection as one of the five winners of the promotional Free Lotto Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,400,000.000USD.(One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars.)
We in the Free Lottery Sweepstakes is by this program,Launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America as part our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize. You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week
of receiving this notice.
Please contact your fiduciary agent
Smith Carpenter
External service manager,
Free lotto sweepstakes United Kingdom
Phone No:+447024015993
EMAIL:free_lottodrawhouseo247@walla.com
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent
Ref No: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
Batch No:901/00319/HLP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
Congratulations once again.
Sincerely,
Mr.Danny Alvares
For The Lotto People
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH United Kingdom
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